rPath alert rPSA-2007-0071-1 (kernel)

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rPSA-2007-0071-1 kernel
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Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:33:37 -0400
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rPath Security Advisory: 2007-0071-1
Published: 2007-04-16
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Major
Exposure Level Classification:
    Local Deterministic Denial of Service
Updated Versions:
    kernel=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/2.6.19.7-0.3-1

References:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0005
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1000
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1357
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1388
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1035
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1153
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1154
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1244

Description:
    Previous versions of the kernel package have several vulnerabilities
    resolved in this release.  The most severe is a remotely triggerable
    system crash (denial of service) in the appletalk protocol module,
    but the tools to configure appletalk are not included in rPath Linux,
    and it is not a commonly-used protocol, so the module is not normally
    loaded and thus rPath Linux systems are not normally vulnerable.
    The other vulnerabilities involve local users; one that applies
    only if the driver for the Omnikey CardMan 4040 is loaded, and
    two involving IPv6, one of which enables local users to cause a
    system crash.
    
    A system reboot is required to resolve this vulnerability.